/blog/LapKittie/?pid=f7780 A Place For Purring and Ponderances /blog/1242/post_83026.html?pid=f7780&m= Yesterday I asked what y'all would answer for this question:What do you love, and how do (or will) your actions represent this?I haven't come up with my scholarship answer, but yesterday evening helpe Sun, 25 May 2008 03:40:03 -0800 /blog/1242/post_83026.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82948.html?pid=f7780&m= I am in the process of applying for scholarships (having decided to go back to school and get my doctorate). One of the scholarship applications asks this question:What do you love, and how do (or wi Sat, 24 May 2008 04:54:46 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82948.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82716.html?pid=f7780&m= Tomorrow, the long awaited fourth movie of the Indiana Jones trilogy (this will really mess up my box set of VHS tapes! haha) comes out. Will you see it? What do you love about Indiana Jones? Do te Wed, 21 May 2008 03:26:45 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82716.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82714.html?pid=f7780&m= My 19 yr old daughter, Katie, continues to have problems with her father. Yesterday she called me and asked if I would be free to talk in the evening as her dad wanted to have a 'summit' meeting imme Wed, 21 May 2008 03:22:20 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82714.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82621.html?pid=f7780&m= ... with a little furball runt kitten. He is grey, stripe and spotted as Cheetohs are. And when I went to the cat breeders on Sunday to meet the kittens, he just kept finding me and snuggling in my Tue, 20 May 2008 03:38:41 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82621.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82471.html?pid=f7780&m= What do John the Baptist and Smokey the Bear have in common?...............their middle names! Sun, 18 May 2008 04:13:06 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82471.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82399.html?pid=f7780&m= I mentioned in my other blog of today that I tivo'd a soap opera, but feel like I am living one at the moment, which got me to wondering ....What's your favorite soap opera?? Why?Feel free to vote an Sat, 17 May 2008 07:30:05 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82399.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82398.html?pid=f7780&m= The time away was stressful and returning here has been stressful too. Goodness.Here's a brief rundown:while in the south,- my sister was told that having a gunman in her workplace was not a legitim Sat, 17 May 2008 07:25:04 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82398.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_82066.html?pid=f7780&m= I've just spent the past 10 days in the South, can you tell? And it sounds like I've missed some interesting times in the blogs. Sigh. Slowly but surely I will catch up.Here's the news from my trip Tue, 13 May 2008 03:43:34 -0800 /blog/1242/post_82066.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80886.html?pid=f7780&m= My son and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in September. Yesterday she found out the gender of the baby. My son and I have chosen to not know. My daughter, my ex, the girlfriend's entire family Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:57:43 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80886.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80860.html?pid=f7780&m= My mom hears voices in the night. She frequently complains about the neighbors, the television in the next room, static on the phone. These are things that get to her a lot.And this is the kind of t Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:46:10 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80860.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80729.html?pid=f7780&m= Do you remember your first date?What did you do?Was it someone you dated again?What was the involvement of your parents?I wasn't allowed to date until I was 16, but went out with groups of people and Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:50:24 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80729.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80679.html?pid=f7780&m= My dad was in the Navy and spent most of the Korean conflict underway in a submarine .. very nice of the Navy to do that with a claustrophobic man! So it has always lightened my heart to hear that ev Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:28:25 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80679.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80670.html?pid=f7780&m= My dad was in the Navy and spent most of the Korean conflict underway in a submarine .. very nice of the Navy to do that with a claustrophobic man! So it has always lightened my heart to hear that ev Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:04:04 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80670.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_80053.html?pid=f7780&m= In O Magazine, Dr Linda Tropp, University of Massechusetts, Amherst, wrote:We often figure that other people see the world in the same way we do, and overestimate the degree to which they understand o Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:12:17 -0800 /blog/1242/post_80053.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_79964.html?pid=f7780&m= I'm going to San Diego for a business trip tomorrow. Normally I plot ahead for what to do when not doing the business part .. and I always enjoy a pool, but this trip snuck up on me.Any suggestions on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:15:59 -0800 /blog/1242/post_79964.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_79935.html?pid=f7780&m= "If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time." ‒ Chogyam Trungpa In my family, there is a Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:02:41 -0800 /blog/1242/post_79935.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_79802.html?pid=f7780&m= To tell the truth, many life decisions I've made in the recent 10 years have been based on career. I find a lot of satsifaction in my work with others.Yesterday an email came asking me to apply for a Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:12:16 -0800 /blog/1242/post_79802.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_79706.html?pid=f7780&m= Yesterday was surreal.A friend of mine contacted me about an accident in which a teacher friend of her's was involved. Seems that the friend was on her way home from visiting a friend during the nigh Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:01:39 -0800 /blog/1242/post_79706.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/1242/post_79614.html?pid=f7780&m= The Pope is on his way here. In a surprise move, the President is going to meet the Pope when he lands. Dang. I think I would be hurt if I were the head of state of a country! I received a ticket Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:52:08 -0800 /blog/1242/post_79614.html?pid=f7780&m=